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To the sixth he answereth that he can both write and read written hand/ To the seaventh it concerneth not him To the 8th that the weather was at the time interrate thicke and misty, but he saith that (as he beleiveth) that was not the onely cause of the said shipps missing the channell, for some of the shipps Company thought they had discovred land and bearing up accordingly, the shipp fell into Severne, And further he knoweth not to answere/ To the ninth he cannot (of his owne knowledge) answer for that he did not heare the interrate Croford or his Mates give any order for the weighing her anchor and carrying her to Milford, and soe to London, But he saith he did heare that the Captaine was desirous to goe with the sayd shipp for London, and that therupon he this Rendent did heare the said Marriners mutter against going to London, And that upon good grounds (as he conceiveth) aswell in respect of the leakines of the sayd shipp as the scarcity of provisions, and alsoe the danger of comming out of Aberdee without a pylott as at that time she had none, And further he cannot answere./ To the tenth interrogatory he answereth that he did not see the sayd leake, but was told by the Bosen that it was such a leake as would make any mans heart ake to see it, And further he cannot answere./ To the 11th he knoweth not to answere./ To the 12th he knoweth not to answere. To the 13th he answereth that (to his best remembrance) there were about sixe days between the sayd shipps arrivall at Aberday and her arrivall at king=roade, and that when she lay at Pennarth some fresh provisions were brought aboard her And further he cannot answere. The last Interrogatory concerneth him not the Rendent Acknowledged before Doctor Godolphin etcetera Luke Lillie [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE] ************************ On the sixth of October 1657. '''(2''' '''Marke Bennett''' of Greenwich in the County of Kent Mariner, aged about 25 yeares a wittnese produced , sworne and examined deposeth as followeth videlicet To the first article of the sayd allegation he deposeth that he the deponent was shippt aboard the ''Gilbert'' arlate as a ffore=Mast man at the Barbadoes for her homeward voyage, and that he therby well knew and knoweth the arlate Cobb Jennings and others the Mariners the parties Agents in
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